Azure Mountain- Santa Clara NY
Saturday April 5 ,2002
Weather: Partly Cloudy, cool, 30 degrees
Drove 2 hours to trail. Probably the most unprepared I've ever been hiking. Kendall Hudson and I started the fire tower challenge from the ADK Mountain Club.
Trail hard packed snow and ice. Ice was mainly in parking lot, snow was scattered across trail. Kendall complained about the cold because of the breeze which would gust every so often. We hiked in sneakers w/o packs and with only one bottle of water.
Saw what we thought were turkey tracks on the mountain. Niether of us really dressed for the trip. There were tons of deer along the road to the mountain. We met a father/daughter on the way down didnt talk much. Summit wasnt very windy. Good because we could enjoy the view clear to Whiteface. Caught a blast of arctic air on the top and headed back down. Kendall's hands were pretty pink and hard to move. I was fine, but didn't want to cool down too much. Going down was precarious because of ice/snow/mud. Made it without slipping or falling. We got back to the car at about 4:30. Stoped at natural spring on th way out. A new restaurant, Deer Valley Trails, has opened up there. Went to Kendall's parents for dinner.
Weather: Partly Cloudy, cool, 30 degrees
Drove 2 hours to trail. Probably the most unprepared I've ever been hiking. Kendall Hudson and I started the fire tower challenge from the ADK Mountain Club.
Trail hard packed snow and ice. Ice was mainly in parking lot, snow was scattered across trail. Kendall complained about the cold because of the breeze which would gust every so often. We hiked in sneakers w/o packs and with only one bottle of water.
Saw what we thought were turkey tracks on the mountain. Niether of us really dressed for the trip. There were tons of deer along the road to the mountain. We met a father/daughter on the way down didnt talk much. Summit wasnt very windy. Good because we could enjoy the view clear to Whiteface. Caught a blast of arctic air on the top and headed back down. Kendall's hands were pretty pink and hard to move. I was fine, but didn't want to cool down too much. Going down was precarious because of ice/snow/mud. Made it without slipping or falling. We got back to the car at about 4:30. Stoped at natural spring on th way out. A new restaurant, Deer Valley Trails, has opened up there. Went to Kendall's parents for dinner.
posted by Dan-O-Mite | 4:00 PM
1 Comments:
This is a great idea Dan, I'll be excited to read about your hikes this year. Wish I could be there with you both.
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